Frome Showground, Frome - 14th to 19th October 2010

The last meet of 2010 turned out to be a great success though it was fraught with bogies that came out of the woodwork occasionally, like the electricity going off on the coldest morning, a speaker not turning up without informing the stewards that he was ill and couldn't make it. All praise to the stewards for keeping things moving and to Geoff Morgan who stood in instantly to give us an evenings entertainment with his digital images.

Saturday evening was end of season dinner time and some 45 members attended the 'White Hart' public house in Truxdoxhill near Frome for the meal, which was enjoyed by all.

Sunday evening was an evening north of the Arctic Circle with Pam and Eddy Lane, who gave a presentation entitled 'Kingdom of the Polar Bears' which took us from Longyearben, Spitzbergen around the islands of Svalbard filming and photographing polar bears, walrus, seals and sea birds on the ice floes of the summer. Sunday also saw the Francis Spooner Petanque tournament. Fourteen couples took part, the final taking place on Monday. the winners were James Rawson and Doug Sweet, who received the Francis Spooner Cup.

Monday evening in Truxdoxhill village hall was a presentation by Francis of his photography around New Zealand, Singapore and Chine. Members showed their images taken over the weekend. The results of the competitions were announced and deserving winners Debbie Sweet and Ann Brothwell won signed copies of Francis's framed panorama photographs. Instead of a raffle it was guess the number of sweets in the tin and the number of those with a specific coloured wrapper. This successful venture was won by Paul Mellor and Sue Tawn.

Many thanks to the hardworking stewards for their organisation, to the showground management and not least to the members who made the meet a success. 28 units attended this last meet, the majority being motorhomes.

A happy winter season to you all. See you in the new camping year 2011.

Click here for some images from the meet.

Noel Anderson